JP2008181174A - Method for creating drawing original for patent application or utility model registration application - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily perform sign checks of a drawing original by making the drawing original comprehensible in a method for creating the drawing original of a patent application original. <P>SOLUTION: Application original data 9 including the drawing original is created by a method including a first process to retrieve signs from document data 1 of the patent application original and generate correspondence data 6 of the retrieved signs and component names, a second process to generate drawing sign data 7 including the positions and contents of the signs contained in the drawing from drawing data 2 of the patent application original, and a third process to add character strings of the component names corresponding to the signs to a margin portion in the vicinity of the drawing based on the correspondence data 6 and the drawing sign data 7. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention mainly relates to a method for preparing a patent application manuscript with a simple code check or a drawing manuscript of a utility model registration application.

  Drawings may be attached to applications for patent applications and utility model registration applications. In this case, the members, devices, and the like depicted in the drawings are denoted by reference numerals, while the description generally describes the structure of the invention with reference to the reference numerals.

Patent Document 1 searches for a document (for example, patent specification) to be processed, extracts a code in the document, and adjacent characters that extract a character string arranged adjacent to the code. A code collating apparatus comprising: a column extracting unit. It is assumed that Patent Document 1 can easily and automatically find an error in adding a code added before and after a word used in a document with this configuration.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-259148

  However, although the configuration of Patent Document 1 can easily detect a code error in a document such as a patent specification, the code in the drawing is not a search target. Therefore, in the configuration of Patent Document 1, it is not possible to find mistakes such as forgetting to add a reference to the drawing or mistakes in attaching the drawing, and there is room for improvement in this respect.

Means and effects for solving the problems

  The problems to be solved by the present invention are as described above. Next, means for solving the problems and the effects thereof will be described.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the following method for creating a drawing document is provided. That is, a first step of retrieving a code from document data of a patent application manuscript or a utility model registration application manuscript and generating correspondence data between the retrieved code and an element name, a patent application manuscript or a utility model registration application manuscript A second step of generating drawing code data including the position and content of the code included in the drawing from the drawing data, and based on the correspondence data and the drawing code data, And a third step of adding a character string of an element name corresponding to the code.

  The drawing manuscript created by this method is labeled with the element names corresponding to the adjacent positions of the reference numerals, so that the technical contents described in the drawing manuscript can be understood accurately in a short time. it can. In addition, since the corresponding element name is added to the code of the drawing document, it is possible to easily check an error in the code addition without checking the contents of other document documents such as a specification. Further, since the element name is added in the vicinity of the code, the correspondence between the element name and the code can be easily understood. Furthermore, since the element name is added to the blank portion of the drawing, it is possible to prevent the added element name from overlapping the content of the drawing, and the readability of the drawing is not impaired.

  In the drawing document creating method, in the first step, the same code is searched in a plurality of places in the document data, and if the element names of each search place do not match, the code in the third step It is preferable to append the character string in a form in which a plurality of element names corresponding to is written together.

  By this method, when there are a plurality of element names used corresponding to the code of the drawing document, the plurality of element names are written in the vicinity of the code. Therefore, it is possible to check the element names used corresponding to the codes in the document data without omission only by looking at the drawing document.

  In the drawing document creation method, in the third step, when the same code as the code included in the drawing code data is not included in the correspondence data, a blank portion near the code in the drawing It is preferable to append a character string indicating that the element name is unknown.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily find a mistake in which a code is erroneously used in a drawing document, or a mistake in which a code used in a drawing document is not referred to in another document (document data).

  In the drawing document preparation method, in the third step, when there is no blank space where a character string can be added in the vicinity of the drawing code, or when the blank space is insufficient, the character string is placed at a position outside the drawing area. It is preferable to add.

  With this configuration, even when a margin cannot be secured around the code, a character string such as a corresponding element name is added outside the drawing area in the drawing manuscript, so the corresponding element name of the code used in the drawing manuscript can be grasped without omission can do.

  In the drawing document creating method, the correspondence data and the drawing code data are collated, and when the same code as the code included in the drawing code data is not included in the correspondence data, Preferably, the method includes a step of outputting the codes in a list format.

  With this configuration, it is possible to easily find mistakes in which a code is used incorrectly in a drawing manuscript, or errors that do not refer to a code used in a drawing manuscript in other documents such as a specification (missing reference). Can do.

  In the drawing document creating method, the correspondence data and the drawing code data are collated, and when the same code as the code included in the correspondence data is not included in the drawing code data, Preferably, the method includes a step of outputting the codes in a list format.

  This configuration makes it easy to find mistakes in which the code is used incorrectly in the drawing manuscript, or mistakes (forgetting to add the code) that do not use the code mentioned in other documents such as the specification in the drawing manuscript. can do.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there are provided a drawing manuscript prepared by the above-described producing method and a patent application manuscript or utility model registration application manuscript including the drawing manuscript.

  Next, embodiments of the invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a patent application manuscript generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing margins assigned by drawing analysis software, and FIG. It is a figure which shows a mode that an element name is drawn in the margin of.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a patent application manuscript generation system 100. The application document generation system 100 includes a client computer 101, a server computer 102, and the like, and is constructed on a computer network installed in a patent office.

  The client computer 101 includes a CPU 111, a memory 112, a storage device 113, and the like. The client computer 101 is connected to a keyboard and mouse as input means, and a display and printer as output means. The server computer 102 includes a CPU 121, a memory 122, a storage device 123, and the like. The client computer 101 and the server computer 102 are electrically connected by a LAN cable (connection means) so that mutual data communication is possible.

  Document creation software 11 is installed in the client computer 101. As the document creation software 11, for example, general software such as a text editor or word processor software can be considered. Then, the original document data 1 is created by the document creation software 11 and stored in the storage device 113. As the data format of the application manuscript document data 1, for example, a text file, an HTML file, an XML file, and a unique storage format file of word processor software can be considered.

  The application manuscript document data 1 is document data such as a patent application, claims, specification, abstract, etc., and the description portion includes a text with mixed codes. A sample of the contents of the application manuscript document data 1 (extracted from the specification as appropriate) is shown below.

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The chassis of the passenger vehicle includes a pair of side frames 20 and 20 connected by a support column 52. The side frame 20 supports the engine 21. The side frame 20 is provided with running boards 22 and 23. A transmission gear is housed inside the transmission case 24, and the transmission case 24 is operated by a transmission lever 25.
...
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  Drawing creation software 12 is installed in the client computer 101. Examples of the drawing creation software 12 include CAD software and graphic software. Then, the application draft drawing data 2 is created by the drawing creation software 12 and stored in the storage device 113. The data format of the application manuscript drawing data 2 is, for example, a raster graphics format such as a bitmap file, a vector graphics format such as a postscript file or SVG file, a CAD software specific storage format file or a PDF file, etc. Possible format.

  Document analysis software 16 is installed in the client computer 101. The document analysis software 16 searches for the code from the input application manuscript document data 1 and generates correspondence data 6 between the searched code and the element name.

  The document analysis software 16 includes a code search unit 21, an element name extraction unit 22, a code comparison unit 23, an element name comparison unit 24, and a list output unit 25 as its main functional units.

  The code retrieval unit 21 retrieves all characters used as codes from the application manuscript document data 1. Examples of characters used as codes include numbers such as “12”, English letters such as “A”, Greek letters such as “α”, and other letters such as “′”. Accordingly, when the application manuscript document data 1 shown as the above-described content sample is input, the code search unit 21 performs “52” “20” “20” “20” “21” “20” “22” “23”. .. Are retrieved one after another.

  The element name extraction unit 22 extracts the element name from the application manuscript document data 1 at each location searched by the code search unit 21.

  The element name extraction method is as follows. That is, when a code is searched, a predetermined number of characters (here, 12 characters) are extracted from the search position. Then, from the end of the extracted character string (extracted character string), “this”, “above”, “,”, “.”, Etc., a character string (excluded in advance) that does not constitute an element name String). Furthermore, it extracts from the end of the extracted character string to the end of the searched excluded character string.

  For example, consider the case where the code search unit 21 searches for the code “52” from the beginning sentence of the application manuscript document data 1 shown as the content sample. In this case, the element name extraction unit 22 takes out the 12 characters at the head of the document from the search position, and obtains a cut-out character string of “the chassis of the vehicle is a column”. When an excluded character string is searched from the end side of the extracted character string, “,” is searched as an excluded character string. Next, from the end of the cut-out character string “the chassis of the vehicle is a support column” to the end of the searched exclusion character string “,” is extracted. Then, the element name “post” corresponding to the code “52” is obtained. Information on the correspondence between the code and the element name obtained in this way is stored in the memory 112 or the storage device 113 each time the code search unit 21 searches for one code.

  When the retrieval of all codes by the code retrieval unit 21 and the extraction of element names by the element name extraction unit 22 are completed, the correspondence information between the codes and the element names is arranged for each code. In this organizing process, the code comparison unit 23 and the element name comparison unit 24 are used. When the code search unit 21 searches the application manuscript document data 1 for a plurality of codes, the code comparison unit 23 determines whether or not the searched codes match. The element name comparison unit 24 determines whether or not the element names corresponding to the respective codes match when the code comparison unit 23 determines that the codes match.

  Then, a plurality of pieces of correspondence information whose codes coincide with each other is checked, and when the element names also coincide with each other, in order to avoid duplicate output with respect to the correspondence data 6 (described later), only one correspondence is deleted. To do. On the other hand, when the codes match and the element names do not match, they are not deleted.

  The list output unit 25 outputs correspondence information after sorting in a list format to generate correspondence data 6. The correspondence relationship data 6 is stored in the storage device 113 as a data file. The data file of the correspondence relationship data 6 is a simple text file in this embodiment. An example of the contents of this data file is shown below.

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20, side frame 21, engine 22, running board 23, running board 24, speed change case 25, speed change lever ...
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  As described above, one line corresponds to one piece of correspondence information in the data file. In each line, a character string indicating a code searched by the search unit 21 and a character string extracted by the element name extraction unit 22 as an element name corresponding to the code are described in a comma-delimited format. Yes.

  Drawing analysis software 17 is installed in the client computer 101. The drawing analysis software 17 recognizes the code from the input application manuscript drawing data 2 and generates drawing code data 7 indicating the content, position, etc. of the code.

  The drawing analysis software 17 includes an image processing unit 31, a code recognition unit 32, a margin allocation unit 33, and a list output unit 34 as main functional units.

  When the input application draft drawing data 2 is vector graphics data, the image processing unit 31 first converts it into a bitmap format. The code recognition unit 32 recognizes the character pattern of the code using an optical character reading (OCR) method.

  In the present embodiment, a known pattern matching method is used as the OCR method. Specifically, standard bitmap data (standard pattern) of characters constituting the code, for example, “0”, “4”, “a”, etc., is described in advance in the drawing analysis software 17 or as an external file. Keep it. Then, a connected component (a component in which graphic pixels are continuous in either vertical or horizontal direction) is extracted from the target bitmap by a known labeling process, and the connected component is compared with all standard patterns to calculate an inter-pattern distance. . For example, a known Hamming distance formula may be used as the inter-pattern distance.

  Then, when the calculated inter-pattern distance falls below a predetermined threshold value, it is determined that they match, and the code corresponding to the standard pattern is associated with the position of the connected component. By performing the above processing for all connected components, connected components that match the code characters can be extracted.

  The code recognizing unit 32 checks whether or not the connection patterns recognized as code characters (for example, “2” and “5”) are arranged side by side on the basis of the position of the connection pattern. If they are lined up, a process of recognizing this as a continuous code (“25”) is performed.

  The margin allocation unit 33 examines the upper, lower, left, and right pixels adjacent to the virtual rectangle (bounding box) surrounding the code recognized by the code recognition unit 32, and a group of margins (that is, pixels other than the graphic pixels are continuous). If there is a part), the margin is assigned as a supplementary area of the element name corresponding to the code. The addition of the element name will be described later.

  The list output unit 34 outputs the content and position of the code recognized by the code recognition unit 32 and the position of the margin allocated by the margin allocation unit 33 in a list format, and generates the drawing code data 7 It is. The drawing code data 7 is stored in the storage device 113 as a data file. The data file of the drawing code data 7 is a simple text file in this embodiment. An example of the contents of this data file is shown below.

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1650,2839,63,95,25,1473,2784,240,55
1432,828,61,80,21,1432,962,300,55
...
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  As described above, the data file is usually a text file composed of a plurality of lines, and one line corresponds to one code in the drawing recognized by the code recognition unit 32. Also, in each row, the X and Y coordinates of the upper left corner of the virtual rectangle surrounding the recognized code (code bounding box, see code B1 in FIG. 2), the width and height of the code bounding box B1, The contents of the code (recognition result of the code recognition unit 32) and the X coordinate and Y coordinate of the upper left corner of the rectangle surrounding the code surrounding margin assigned by the margin assigning unit 33 (see the margin bounding box, see symbol B2 in FIG. 2) And the width and height of the margin bounding box B2 are described in a comma-delimited format.

  The first line of the content example of the data file will be described. The first line is defined by coordinates (X, Y) = (1650, 2839) of the upper left corner, width = 63 pixels, and height = 95 pixels. The code “25” is recognized in the code bounding box B1, and coordinates (X, Y) = (1473, 2784) of the upper left corner as a margin for adding an element name corresponding to the code “25”, width = This indicates that the area of the margin bounding box B2 defined by 240 pixels and height = 55 pixels is allocated.

  The document generation software 18 is installed in the server computer 102. The manuscript generation software 18 combines the input application manuscript document data 1 and the application manuscript drawing data 2 into a predetermined format, and forms an application manuscript, a claim manuscript, a specification manuscript, a drawing manuscript, The application prepares application manuscript data 9 for in-house check or customer check, in which summary manuscripts are grouped together. As electronic data of this patent application manuscript, PDF format, SVG format, HTML format, Postscript format, etc. can be considered.

  The document generation software 18 includes a document drawing unit 41, a drawing drawing unit 42, and an element name drawing unit 43.

  The document drawing unit 41 reads the text data from the application manuscript document data 1, and has a predetermined format (for example, the paper size is A4 size, the font is Mincho, the font size is 12 points, and the character arrangement is 40 characters. The application, claim, description, drawing (character portion excluding the image), and abstract manuscript are drawn.

  The drawing drawing unit 42 reads graphic data from the application manuscript drawing data 2 and draws it at a predetermined resolution (for example, 400 dpi) on an appropriate portion of the drawing manuscript.

  The element name drawing unit 43 reads the drawing code data 7 and analyzes the text for each line (that is, for each code) to determine the position and content of the code, and the margin position allocated by the margin allocation unit 33. get. Then, the correspondence relationship data 6 is read, and the element name corresponding to the content of the acquired code is acquired. Further, the character string of the element name is drawn at the margin position in the drawing document.

  With the above configuration, the operator operates the client computer 101 to transmit the application manuscript document data 1, the application manuscript drawing data 2, the correspondence relationship data 6, and the drawing code data 7 to the server computer 102 and upload them. To do. Thereafter, when the manuscript generation software 18 is executed, electronic data of the patent application manuscript is automatically generated based on the application manuscript document data 1 and the application manuscript drawing data 2.

  The generated patent application manuscript (application manuscript data 9) is downloaded from the server computer 102 to the client computer 101 and displayed on a display or printed from a printer, so that it can be browsed and the wording or code error of the manuscript can be viewed. Check etc. Alternatively, the patent application manuscript is sent to the client company of the patent office, and the person in charge of intellectual property or the inventor checks it.

  As described above, in the drawing of the patent application manuscript (drawing manuscript), the text of the corresponding element name is drawn in the drawing margin around the code. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the element name “shift lever” is drawn (appended) in the margin (above the margin bounding box B2) allocated above the reference numeral “25” in the drawing document. .

  Accordingly, the person in charge of intellectual property or the inventor can accurately understand the technical contents described in the drawing document in a short time by using the element name added to the adjacent position of the code in the drawing document. Further, since the corresponding element name is appended to the code of the drawing document, it is possible to easily check for a code error or the like without checking the contents of the specification. In the example of FIG. 3, the checker only has to check whether the leader line “25” really points to the “shift lever”.

  As described above, in the application manuscript generation system 100 of the present embodiment, the first step of searching for the code from the application manuscript document data 1 and generating the correspondence data 6 between the searched code and the element name; A second step of generating drawing code data 7 including the position and content of the code included in the drawing from the application manuscript drawing data 2, and the vicinity of the code of the drawing based on the correspondence data 6 and the drawing code data 7 A third step of generating drawing manuscript data (application manuscript data 9) in which the character string of the element name corresponding to the code is appended as shown in FIG. Created.

  The patent application drawing manuscript created by this method has the corresponding element names attached to the reference numerals as shown in FIG. 3, so that the technical contents described in the drawing can be understood well in a short time. . Therefore, it becomes easy to check the application manuscript including the specification. In addition, since the corresponding element names are added near the reference numerals in the drawings, the correspondence between the element names and the reference signs can be shown in an easy-to-understand manner, and it is possible to check for incorrect reference signs without checking the contents of the specification document. It can be done easily. Furthermore, since the element name is added to the blank portion in the image drawing area of the drawing, it is possible to prevent the added element name from overlapping the drawing content (graphic pixel), and the readability of the drawing is not impaired.

  Depending on the specification manuscript, for example, “the transmission case 25 is operated by the transmission lever 25. In some cases, element names are not used uniformly for the same code. There are various reasons for this, such as a code error, the use of both a superordinate concept element name and a subordinate concept element name for the same code. Here, it is assumed that the example of “˜” described above is a simple code mistake that uses “25” where “24” should be used for “shift case”.

  In this case, the code search unit 21 of the document analysis software 16 searches the application manuscript document data 1 for the same code “25” in a plurality of places (two places), and the element names of each search place are “shift case” and “ It does not agree with the “shift lever”. In this case, the document analysis software 16 of the present embodiment describes that the element name “shift case” and “shift lever” correspond to the symbol “25” in the correspondence data 6. Based on the correspondence data 6, the document generation software 18 includes a plurality of element names “shift case” and “shift lever” corresponding to the symbol “25” in the vicinity of the symbol “25” in the drawing. The character string is appended.

  That is, in the light of the above example, the margin bounding box B2 corresponding to the reference numeral “25” in FIG. 3 is separated by an appropriate delimiter character, such as “shift case | shift lever”. A character string with the element name is drawn. In the above example, “|” is used as a delimiter when writing an element name together, but various characters such as “,” “•” “/”, and a space may be adopted. Alternatively, it is conceivable that a line feed is made for each element name, and they are written over a plurality of lines.

  As a result, both the “shift case” and the “shift lever” are written together in the margin assigned near “25” in the drawing document. Accordingly, the checking side can readily recognize that both the “shift case” and the “shift lever” correspond to the reference numeral “25”. ) Can be easily found.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, in the first step, in the first step, the same code is searched in a plurality of locations, and if the element names of the respective search locations do not match, in the third step The character string is appended in a form in which a plurality of element names corresponding to the symbols are written together.

  Thereby, it is possible to check the element names used in the specification document corresponding to the reference numerals without omission only by looking at the drawing document.

  In the drawing manuscript, codes not mentioned in the specification manuscript may be used by mistake. For example, it is assumed that reference numeral “26” is used in the drawing manuscript, but this reference is not mentioned in the specification manuscript.

  In this case, the drawing analysis software 17 recognizes the code “26” from the drawing data 2 and the drawing code data 7 describes data such as the position of the code “26”. On the other hand, since the code “26” is not used in the application manuscript document data 1, the correspondence data 6 generated by the document analysis software 16 has no information regarding the code “26”.

  Then, the manuscript generation software 18 detects that the code “26” included in the drawing code data 7 is not in the correspondence data 6, and at the time of drawing manuscript generation, in the margin near the code “26”, Draw the string “unknown”. As a result, it is possible to easily find out that the code “26” is erroneously used in the drawing document.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, in the third step, when the same code as the code included in the drawing code data 7 is not included in the correspondence data 6, the margin near the code in the drawing. A character string indicating that the element name is unknown (that is, “unknown”) is appended to the part.

  Accordingly, it is possible to easily find a mistake in which a code is used incorrectly in a drawing document or a mistake that does not mention a code used in a drawing document in a specification document.

  Also, in the drawings, codes are arranged so as to be surrounded by complicated complicated figures, and it is often impossible to secure a margin for adding element names around the codes. In this case, it is described in the drawing code data 7 that the drawing analysis software 17 cannot secure the margin, and the document generation software 18 reads from the drawing code data 7 that the margin around the code cannot be secured. Correspondence between the code and the element name is added to an outside position (that is, a position outside the rectangular area where the drawing image is drawn), for example, “52. As a result, the element name does not overlap with the graphic drawn in the drawing, and the readability of the drawing is not impaired, and the element name can be read and checked without reference to the symbols used in the drawing.

  In addition, a margin for adding an element name around a reference numeral in the drawing can be secured to some extent, but there may be a case where the element name used in the specification is long and the element name cannot be completely drawn in the margin. In the present embodiment, the document generation software 18 reads the amount (size) of the margin around the code from the drawing code data 7, reads the element name corresponding to the code from the correspondence data 6, and determines the amount of margin and the element name. Check the length of the string. If the margin for drawing the character string of the element name is insufficient, the correspondence between the code and the element name is added at a position outside the drawing area, as in the case where the margin cannot be secured (at all).

  As described above, in the document generation software 18, when there is no margin where information can be added in the vicinity of the code of the drawing or when the margin is insufficient, the information is added at a position outside the drawing area. ing.

  Thereby, it is possible to grasp the corresponding element name of the code used in the drawing document without omission.

  If the correspondence data 6 and the drawing code data 7 are collated in the document generation software 18 and the same code as the code included in the drawing code data 7 is not included in the correspondence data 6, the code It is also possible to output a list of “1, 4, 7, 11”. This list may be output to the application manuscript data 9 in the form of an additional report, or may be output to another file, the display of the client computer 101, or the like.

  Accordingly, it is possible to easily find a mistake in which a code is used incorrectly in a drawing document, or a mistake that does not mention a code used in a drawing document in a specification document (missing reference).

  Also, the correspondence data 6 and the drawing code data 7 are collated in the document generation software 18, and if the same code as the code included in the correspondence data 6 is not included in the drawing code data 7, the code It is also possible to output a list of “5, 12, 19”. This list may be output to the application manuscript data 9 in the form of an additional report, or may be output to another file, the display of the client computer 101, or the like.

  As a result, it is possible to easily find a mistake in which a code is used incorrectly in a drawing document or a mistake (forgetting to add a code) that does not use a code referred to in a specification document in a drawing document.

  Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above configuration can be changed as follows, for example.

  When the same code as the code included in the drawing code data 7 is not included in the correspondence data 6, a character string (character string indicating that it is unknown) to be drawn in a margin near the code of the drawing document is “ In addition to “unknown”, character strings such as “not detected”, “Not Found”, “Err”, etc. are conceivable. Also, instead of displaying a character string indicating that the element name is unknown, a small mark or icon is drawn near the code, the code is drawn in an unusual color, or the code is enclosed in a square Thus, it can be configured to be drawn and emphasized.

  Correspondence relationship data 6 and drawing code data 7 can be generated in the form of, for example, an HTML file, an XML file, a database file, or a binary file, instead of a comma-delimited format text file (CSV format). Further, when there are a plurality of drawings, one drawing code data 7 may be generated for each drawing, or information on the positions and contents of the codes of the plurality of drawings may be included in one drawing code data 7. good.

  Also, instead of a form in which each file of the application manuscript document data 1, application manuscript drawing data 2, correspondence data 6, and drawing code data 7 is individually uploaded to the server computer 102, an archive file in which a plurality of files are collected together It can be changed so that it is uploaded to the server computer 102 in this state. Each file or archive file may be uploaded to the server computer 102 after being subjected to compression processing or encryption processing. In this case, the document generation software 18 performs an expansion process and a decryption process as necessary.

  The document analysis software 16 can be configured as a macro program or an add-in program that extends the function of the document creation software 11, for example, instead of being a separate program from the document creation software 11. Similarly, the drawing analysis software 17 can be configured as a macro program or an add-in program that extends the function of the drawing creation software 12, for example, instead of being a separate program from the drawing creation software 12.

  The document generation software 18 can be installed on the client computer 101 instead of the server computer 102, and the document generation software 18 can be changed to a configuration (so-called stand-alone configuration) that is executed on the client computer 101. Further, the document analysis software 16 and the drawing analysis software 17 can be installed in the server computer 102, and the document analysis software 16, the drawing analysis software 17, and the document generation software 18 can be changed to be executed on the server computer 102.

  The manuscript generation software 18 creates an application manuscript (application manuscript data 9) in an electronic data format or an electronic file format, and prints it with a printer connected to the server computer 102 to create an application manuscript in paper format. It can also be configured.

  The above application manuscript generation system 100 can be applied not only to generate the entire application manuscript including the specification manuscript and the like (application manuscript data 9) but also to generate only the drawing manuscript.

  The above application manuscript generation system 100 can be applied not only when generating a patent application manuscript but also when generating a utility model registration application manuscript.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a patent application document generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the margin allocated by drawing analysis software. The figure which shows a mode that an element name is drawn by the margin around a code | symbol by original production | generation software.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Application manuscript document data 2 Application manuscript drawing data 6 Correspondence relation data 7 Drawing code data 9 Application manuscript data 16 Document analysis software 17 Drawing analysis software 18 Manuscript generation software 100 Application manuscript generation system 101 Client computer 102 Server computer B1 Code bounding box B2 Margin bounding box

Claims (8)

A first step of retrieving a code from document data of a patent application manuscript or a utility model registration application manuscript and generating correspondence data of the retrieved code and an element name;
A second step of generating drawing code data including the position and content of the code included in the drawing from the drawing data of the patent application manuscript or the utility model registration application manuscript;
Based on the correspondence data and the drawing code data, a third step of adding a character string of an element name corresponding to the code to a blank portion near the code in the drawing;
A method for creating a drawing manuscript comprising: A method of creating a drawing document according to claim 1,
In the first step, the same code is searched in a plurality of places from the document data, and if the element names of each search place do not match, the plurality of element names corresponding to the codes are written together in the third step. A method for creating a drawing manuscript, wherein the character string is appended in a form. A method of creating a drawing document according to claim 1,
In the third step, when the same code as the code included in the drawing code data is not included in the correspondence data, a character string indicating that the element name is unknown is displayed in a blank portion near the code in the drawing. A method for creating a drawing manuscript characterized by adding. A method for creating a drawing document according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
In the third step, when there is no margin for adding a character string in the vicinity of the reference numeral in the drawing, or when the margin is insufficient, the character string is added at a position outside the drawing area. How to make. A method for creating a drawing manuscript according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Collating the correspondence data with the drawing code data, and when the same code as the code contained in the drawing code data is not included in the correspondence data, outputting the codes in a list format A method for creating a drawing manuscript. A method for creating a drawing manuscript according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Collating the correspondence data with the drawing code data, and if the drawing code data does not contain the same code as the code contained in the correspondence data, the process includes outputting the codes in a list format A method for creating a drawing manuscript.   A drawing document created by the creating method according to claim 1.   A patent application manuscript or a utility model registration manuscript including the drawing manuscript according to claim 7.

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